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Dept of Justice Promises to Declassify Standard Operating Procedure for Coordinating with Social Media Platforms

Department of Justice set to release declassified Standard Operating Procedure for coordinating with social media platforms on foreign malign influence and First Amendment.
NATO leaders are seated at desks in a large circle with additional desk seating behind them for other attendees, all under a large lighted disk above them and the number 75 in large figures behind them to mark the alliance's 75th anniversary.

After the NATO Summit, Allies Need to Step Up Their Game on Ukraine, Russia, and China

The Alliance made significant progress in some areas, but has lots of work to do going forward to meet the challenges on its doorstep.
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The Just Security Podcast NATO’s Washington Summit: Russia’s War on Ukraine Tests Alliance

Joining the show to discuss this year’s NATO summit and unpack its implications is Ambassador Daniel Fried. 

At the NATO Summit, Strategy and Politics in Play

The agenda has more than the usual weight attached to it while war rages in Europe and amid the US political dynamic.
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As Prime Minister Recovers from Assassination Attempt, Slovakia’s Democracy Is in the Crosshairs

The shocking attack should spur a stock-taking by Slovaks and the EU to reverse the country's rapid slide toward autocracy.

Should Trump Get Jail Time? A Survey of Sentences for Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree

As Judge Merchan considers sentencing, a look at other cases of falsifying business records that did or didn't end in incarceration.

Hard Work Ahead for Haiti’s New Government as it Seeks to Restore Security with International Support

A successful counter-gang strategy must rebuild community trust, protect human rights, and lay the groundwork for long-term peace and stability.

The Right to a Unanimous Verdict and the Jury Instructions in People v. Trump

In The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, Justice Juan Merchan issued a set of jury instructions—55 pages in length. Merchan permitted the jury to convict based…
Sheinbaum is shown standing apparently on a stage in a square with people behind her, her arms spread wide in victory and a broad smile on her face.

With Watershed Election, Claudia Sheinbaum Must Address Mexico’s Human Rights Crisis

Winning the most votes ever and controlling Congress and most state legislatures, the first woman to hold the office will have the power.
The image shows a crowd holding banners and placards. One large banner says, "Solidarity Trumps Hate," and another says, "Black Trans Lives Matter."

Clowns, Reverse Boycotts, and Involuntary Walkathons: How Communities are Making Political Violence Backfire

Across the US, community action is raising the costs of political violence while strengthening pro-democracy norms and behaviors.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs the courthouse

A Manhattan Jury Has Placed a Question Mark on the Trump Presidency

Through the jury instructions, the falsified records became inseparable from what prosecutors described as a “subversion of democracy.”

Lawsuit Brings to Light New Revelations About 2020 Fraudulent Electors Scheme

By now, the saga of the false electors is relatively well known. After then-President Donald Trump’s election loss in November 2020, loyalists inside and adjacent to his campaign…
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